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Last updated: 23 January 2024

SPBill42S062024 (3)

P ART 7 B OUNDARIES 45 Boundaries Scotland: changing date of next review of local government wards and number of councillors 25 (1) The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 is modified as follows. (2) In section 16 (wards and councillors: substantive changes in electoral arrangements), in subsection (2A)(a), for “31 December 2028” substitute “30 April 2031”...
Last updated: 17 February 2023

Chamber_Minutes_20230208

The motion was agreed to (DT). 13. Parliamentary Recess Dates: The Minister for Parliamentary Business (George Adam), on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S6M-07844—That the Parliament agrees, further to motion S6M-04616 and under Rule 2.3.1, that the parliamentary recess dates of 1 July to 27 August 2023 (inclusive) be replaced with 1 July to 3 September 2023 (inclusive).
Last updated: 22 February 2023

Guidance on Committees

In practice, this means most weekdays during a session, other than days of recess or public holidays. Dates of Guidance on Committees Annex A: List of key terms recess, and days on which the office of the Clerk is open, are listed on the Parliament’s website, under About / Recess dates.
Questions and Answers Date answered: 30 April 2020

S5W-28456

Scottish Ministers plan to publish a Summer Budget Revision at the end of May for consideration by the Scottish Parliament before summer recess. The Budget Revision will detail all funding allocations made to date in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
SPICe briefings Date published: 28 October 2022

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2020-2021 - 3.4. Motions

Motions On 25 March 2021 the Parliament went into recess until the day before the 2021 election.
Committee reports Date published: 20 February 2026

Code of Conduct changes - Cross-Party Groups

This timeframe was suggested to provide sufficient time for a CPG to take action while also ensuring that recess periods can be taken into account.
Last updated: 2 April 2024

PB_2022_051

The RAINE Committee plans to hold six oral evidence sessions across June before considering its report after summer recess. The Committee has provisionally agreed a Stage 1 deadline of Friday 30 September with the Scottish Government. 9.
Last updated: 3 November 2022

NSC Bill Scrutiny Letter to Committee Conveners

The Committee plans to commence taking oral evidence on the Bill immediately following the October recess and aims to have concluded by taking oral evidence from the Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care on either 13 or 20 December.
Last updated: 27 October 2022

NSC Bill Scrutiny Letter to Committee Conveners 20220907

The Committee plans to commence taking oral evidence on the Bill immediately following the October recess and aims to have concluded by taking oral evidence from the Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care on either 13 or 20 December.
Last updated: 6 October 2022

Petition PE1758 End greyhound racing In Scotland Letter to the Cabinet Secretary

The Committee would welcome a response by Friday 3 June in order to enable us to reconsider this petition before summer recess. Yours sincerely Finlay Carson MSP Convener Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee pdf. application/pdf. 106010.

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